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Bilfinger Lands Key Hinkley Point C Contract
Source: NewsMannheim, Germany-based industrial service company Bilfinger said Wednesday it had landed a contract to design two core melt stabilization systems in the new Hinklley Point C…
IAEA Steps Up To Help With Covid -19 Detection
Source: NewsThe International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was dispatching a preliminary batch of equipment to more than 40 countries to enable them to use a…
Virus Impacts Nuclear Industry Around The Globe
Source: NewsThe global coronavirus pandemic is affecting the nuclear power plant, impacting both decommissioning and daily operations at various locations.
Vattenfall To Assist Estonia In SMR Development
Source: NewsSwedish multi-national power company Vattenfall said it would be working with the Estonian development company Fermi Energia for the possible development of a small modular reactor…
Westinghouse Wins Cook NPP Service Contract
Source: NewsWestinghouse Electric Company announced Monday that it has signed a nuclear fuel and related services contract extension with American Electric Power (AEP) for its two pressurized…
Rosatom Exploring SMR Development
Source: NewsRussia’s state-owned nuclear company Rosatom is seeking to extend its options with small, factory assembled nuclear power plants following the success with the small reactors deployed…
Oklo Inc. Submits Application to NRC
Source: NewsOklo Inc. of Sunnyvale, California, has submitted its application for a mini-reactor to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the company has confirmed.
Rosatom Discusses Cooperation With Bangladesh
Source: NewsAlexey Likhachev, Director General of ROSATOM met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed in the People's Republic of Bangladesh. During the meeting, the Parties discussed issues…
Darlington Unit 2 Ready To Return To Service
Source: NewsUnit 2 at the Ontario Power Generation's Darlington Nuclear Generating station is ready to return to commercial service after a three-year refurbishment program, the company said.
BWXT Wins TRISO Nuclear Fuel Contract
Source: NewsBWX Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BWXT) announced Wednesday that its BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a contract from the Department of Energy’s Oak…
Peach Bottom Units 2 & 3 Granted License Extensions
Source: NewsTwo more U.S. nuclear power plants, Peach Bottom Units 2 and 3, have been allowed license extensions that will allow them to operate up to 80…
British, Canadian Labs Develop Action Plan
Source: NewsCanadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada’s premier nuclear science and technology organization, announced Wednesday that it had developed an Action Plan under its existing Memorandum of Understanding…
EDF Shuts Down Fessenheim Unit 1
Source: NewsThe legacy of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant in northeastern France is coming to a close with the first of the plant’s two units shutting down…
Framatome Marks Expansion Of Research Center
Source: NewsFrench nuclear services giant Framatome celebrated the opening of its new engineering research and operations center and the expansion of Intercontrole, a subsidiary that specializes in…
Oklo Granted Access To Idaho Lab Fuel
Source: NewsThe U.S. Idaho National Laboratory said it would supply a Californian micro-reactor developer, Oklo, with used uranium fuel to assist with the development of the company’s…
EDF Touts Hinkley Point C Supply Chain Jobs
Source: NewsA contract awarded by Hinkley Point C to industrial engineering firm Bilfinger will trigger investment and new jobs for UK manufacturing on Humberside, French utility EDF…
Chernobyl Fungi Headed To Space Station
Source: NewsAccording to Russia’s Cosmonautics News, fungus samples taken from the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster site are in for a long ride. Some samples of the fungus,…
Step 3 Of UK HPR1000 Review Completed
Source: NewsBritain's Office of Nuclear Regulation has completed Step 3 of the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the UK HPR1000 design, and taken the decision to progress…
Orano To Dismantle Marcoule Site Storage Pools
Source: NewsFrench nuclear power service company said it had been awarded the contract to dismantle two stainless steel interim storage pools at the Marcoule site in south-east…
Egyptian Technicians Training At Kursk II NPP
Source: NewsRussian nuclear power giant Rosatom said this week that Egyptian technicians had arrived at the Kursk II Nuclear Power Station to begin training that will be…